HAMILTON FOR A LONG FLIGHT.; He Is Ready to Contribute to a Purse for a New York-Chicago Race.

Charles K. Hamilton, the aviator, who arrived here from Jacksonville too late to enter the race for The World's prize of $10,000 won on Sunday by Glenn H. Curtiss by flying from Albany to New York, announced yesterday, before the New York-Chicago contest was definitely planned, that he was ready and willing to contribute $2,000 to any fund which may be raised as a prize for a race of aeroplanes between New York and Chicago.View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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